Acrosphaera

Acrosphaera
Illustration of "Acrosphaera spinosa"
Illustration of Acrosphaera spinosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Rhizaria
Phylum: Radiolaria
Class: Polycystina
Order: Nassellaria
Family: Collozoidae
Subfamily: Collosphaeridae
Genus: Acrosphaera
Species

5; see text

Acrosphaera is a radiolarian genus in the Collosphaeridae. The genus contains bioluminescent species. It is a genus of colonial radiolarians (as opposed to solitary).

Species

The following species are recognized:

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2010). "Acrosphaera ". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  2. ↑ Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524.
  3. ↑ Poupin J.; Cussatlegras A.S.; Geistdoerfer P. (1999). "Plancton Marin Bioluminescent: inventaire documenté des espèces et bilan des formes les plus communes de la mer d'Iroise". Ecole Navale, Laboratoire d'Océanographie: 64 pp, 1–11 planches. Retrieved March 25, 2019. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ↑ Latz, Michael I.; Frank, Tamara M.; Case, James F.; Swift, Elijah; Bidigare, Robert R. (1987). "Bioluminescence of colonial radiolaria in the western Sargasso Sea". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 109 (1): 25–38. Bibcode:1987JEMBE.109...25L. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(87)90183-3. ISSN 0022-0981.